Pia Greiten

Pia Greiten
Personal information
Born18 February 1997 (1997-02-18) (age 27)[1]
Ostercappeln, Lower Saxony, Germany
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Quad sculls
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Szeged Quad sculls

Pia Greiten (born 18 February 1997) is a German rower. She competed in the women's quadruple sculls event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal with the German team.

Career

She won bronze at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in the women's quadruple sculls in Szeged.[2][3]

She was selected for her Olympic debut to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the women's quadruple sculls.[4] Her German boat proceeded through the preliminary heats and won bronze in the final on 31 July 2024.[5][6]

Personal life

She is from Ostercappeln in Lower Saxony.[7] She studied engineering at the University of Bochum.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Pia Greiten". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. ^ Büscher, Moritz (30 April 2024). "Two ORV athletes in the European Championship final: This is how the races went for Paul Leerkamp and Pia Greiten". Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ Kloo, Andreas (28 April 2024). "THIRD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD: OLIVER ZEIDLER ROWS INTO FAVOURITE ROLE FOR PARIS 2024". Olympics.com.
  4. ^ "Olympic debut for rower Pia Greiten". ndr.de. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. ^ Büscher, Moritz (29 July 2024). ""I had goosebumps": Pia Greiten from Osnabrück is in the Olympic final". noz.de. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  6. ^ Ames, Nick (31 July 2024). "Team GB's women's quad boat roars back in rousing finish for stunning rowing gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Pia Greiten from Ostercappeln rows in the Olympic final today". osradio.de. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Engineer students at the Olympic Games". fbi.ruhr-uni-Bochum. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.